The Flipping 50 Show

Weight loss is so hard! I’ve heard that a million times. But why can’t we crack that code? Well, my guest today is sharing how your brain has hi-jacked your weight-loss wishes and what’s working against you. She’s also got a solution. And trust me you do not want to miss it when I ask her why she’s doing “this.”    Her story is a must-hear. If you think no one understands your relationship with food or disordered eating, stay right here.  Spoiler alert – I’ll give you two take-aways from this episode: Planning ahead is a must.  Automate eating. And that’s just because there’s so much more juicy content inside.    If you’ve said it, weight loss is so hard, this is for you.  My Guest:  Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D. is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Rochester and an expert in the psychology of eating. She is President of the Institute for Sustainable Weight Loss and the Founder and CEO of Bright Line Eating Solutions, a company dedicated to helping people achieve the health and vibrancy that accompany permanent weight loss. Her program utilizes cutting-edge research to explain how the brain blocks weight loss and every day she teaches people how to undo that damage so they can live Happy, Thin, and Free.   "Though it’s too soon to tell: We may have hit 50% obesity thanks to the pandemic."     Questions & Discussion in this episode: How has the pandemic clearly demonstrated that carrying excess weight is a faster path to dying?  Food addiction is more powerful than drug and alcohol addiction.  How are kids affected by eating ultra-processed foods?  With the fat acceptance movement, Susan says “We need body acceptance while holding that excess fat is not healthy. We’ve been so intent on bringing down deaths from COVID, but we’ve been quietly ignoring that even more people are dying from excess food.” "48% of people gained weight during the pandemic" -Susan Peirce Thompson Connect: Website Social media links: Facebook Instagram YouTube 20 or More Pounds to Lose?  Here’s how to reach the exercise that supports the lean muscle you need and keeps the impact on joints low, impact on fat high. Flipping 50’s Fit U program is all the fat loss science for women in menopause, in one place.    Including: weekly strength training workouts weekly low impact interval training workouts support tracking your progress mindset support  tips on upgrading your nutrition for lean muscle wins weekly “soul Sundays” access to Debra in your private Facebook group (the place for posting and receiving answers to your questions)  Continued access after the program to both the group and the member area videos a special rate now    CLICK HERE for Details:  Fit U    

How does clear vision sound? Naturally. If you too have joined the club, whether it’s glasses or contacts for you, and never wanted to, then tune in!  Want to ditch your glasses? I do! Whether you're donning bifocals, trifocals, or just simply have joined that club you didn't want to join, this is your episode! My guest has healed her sight, and hundreds of others too. She's got tips on how to improve your site and vision and gain clear vision naturally.  My Guest: Claudia Muehlenweg, founder of Holistic Vision LLC and creator of the Naturally Clear Vision Method, always hated her glasses and has made it her mission to help others see clearly naturally… just like she has done. Claudia is a sought-after international speaker and workshop leader. She focuses on finding the root cause of her clients’ blurry vision instead of using symptomatic treatments like glasses, contacts, or surgery that can actually make their eyesight worse in the long term.  Questions we answer in this episode:   Is vision improvement eye exercises?   What's the problem with glasses, contacts, and LASIK surgery?   Is vision decline unavoidable with all that time we are looking at screens nowadays?   What are Dos and Don’ts for good eyesight?   Why is it important to always wear sunglasses? (Hint: it's actually NOT good)   What are some things my listeners can do right now to improve their vision?   What's wrong with cheaters when the reading gets challenging?  Naturally, clear vision is possible and I challenge you if you’ve found your way to the show notes, to relax your eyes right now. Relax the muscles around your eyes. Feel it? Step away from the computer and look out the window or go outside. Let your eyes land on green space.  Connect with Claudia:  Website Social media links:  Instagram  Facebook Love this episode about clear vision? Let me know in the comments!   

My Guest:  As a Functional Medicine M.D., Dr. Peter Kozlowski uses a broad array of tools to find the source of the body's dysfunction: he takes the time to listen to his patients and plots their history on a timeline, considering what makes them unique and co-creating with them a truly individualized care plan. Currently, he works with patients online and in-person via his Chicago, Illinois, and Bozeman, Montana-based offices. Dr. Kozlowski did his residency in Family Practice but started training in Functional Medicine as an intern. He trained in the clinics with leaders in his field including Dr. Mark Hyman, Dr. Deepak Chopra, and Dr. Susan Blum.  Questions we answer in this episode: Why has thyroid disease become so prevalent?  Why is thyroid disease so prevalent among midlife women? The thyroid is part of a whole picture: Can it be diagnosed and treated too soon if other things are not addressed? For instance, adrenal issues?  How can it be managed?  How can thyroid function be improved without medication?  Let’s review the difference between Western-based typical testing and functional diagnostic tests necessary to really get a picture of what’s happening for someone suspected of thyroid issues. What is typically tested, what’s missing, as well as how is that interpreted in a way that only addresses “norms” vs optimal levels?  Typically tested and missing and why that’s important? Review for listeners, many of who are becoming increasingly aware that being in the normal range is not what you want, knowing a lot of people who don’t feel good make up those norms, how are optimal levels determined? (This is something we’ve never discussed in this way). Let’s review dietary changes that will support a thyroid condition? And clarify that…. Is this supporting thyroid function in a way that can improve it? In doing so, does that mean that dietary changes could reduce the need for thyroid medicine or the amount of thyroid medication? Specifically, Ferritin levels and B12, or the importance of selenium, or disruption from sea salt.  What is an adequate amount of time a woman should make consistent changes to test the effect of habits on her body before ruling it out as not working, not enough, or too much to make the next change?  Website   Social media links: Facebook Instagram Resources: Fit-U

Stem cell therapy isn’t just for your aging knees and hips. It’s not just for pre-surgical strategies. It may just be your next step to more radiant skin. This episode explores how stem cell therapy can be a powerful tool in healing chronic conditions and preventing the decline in the aging process. That is, in every way inside out. As a Medical Exercise Specialist, who is surrounded by clients and by physicians who utilize stem cell therapy now pre-surgery to improve outcomes and for improving natural healing from everything from knee injuries to hip replacement, stem cell therapy isn’t new to me. But use of it in skin products is. And let’s face it (pun intended) we all put our faces out there first. We see it first in the morning. We share it now more than ever in our images, selfies, and videos. We want more than ever in our lives to capture ourselves with our loved ones in photos. Yet, there’s often a reluctance to do it when you don’t see yourself in photos the way you feel on the inside. Could stem cell therapy help? How does it work? I explore this with my guest in this episode. My guest: Dr. Joy Kong is a UCLA-trained, triple board-certified physician, anti-aging and stem cell specialist, educator, and CEO. As the founder of Thea Center for Regenerative Medicine in California, she focuses her efforts on the prevention of aging decline, as well as chronic and degenerative conditions that no one else has been able to heal. Dr. Kong believes that complete healing can only come from looking at the whole person - mind, body, and soul. This has allowed her to address the root causes of health issues and lead her patients to fuller, more vibrant lives.  Questions we answer in this episode:  How did you originally get involved with stem cell therapy? Let’s start with the ABCs for listeners. What are stem cells and stem cell therapy? What are the challenges that your patients come to you for support with? What are the best applications?  For the discerning stem cell seeker, are there things you recommend they do to find the best stem cell treatment?  Stem cells have been used for anti-aging benefits, can you say more about that and the best use/dose or what does treatment look like?  How is this different from stem cell therapy prior to surgery or in rehab from injury?  What do you expect the role of stem cell therapy in the future of medicine?    Mentioned in this episode: https://www.flippingfifty.com/stemcell Try it with Debra's code: Flipping10   Social media links:  YouTube   

If you want to lose weight you want and need ways to measure fat and body composition. Not tracking, tracking too little, or unnecessary information can lead you down a path where you might lose muscle, and ultimately regain more weight because of it. So this episode of Flipping 50 lays out many methods either believed or used to measure fat.    This is the good, bad, and between. You may find an additional tool you want to use, and you will find some resources to make it easy to do. You may find you want an upgrade to what you’re doing now.    Let’s dive into the 9 ways to measure fat and body composition I’ve included here.   00:00  4 Ways to Measure Fat: Most Common   Traditional Scale  05:06 Tells you your weight Pros – the convenience of at-home, affordable, tells change even if not calibrated  Cons – doesn’t measure body composition – your muscle and fat, calibration can be wrong   Girth Measurements 06:19 Typically taken at calf, thigh, hip, waist, chest, shoulder, triceps Pros – convenient, affordable, combined with weight-only scales gives insight into the composition Cons – inaccuracies can occur from pre to post, subjective errors pulling tighter/loser hold, placement variations   Body Mass Index (BMI) 09:45 Using your height and weight, a BMI rating places you in the ‘ideal of 19-24 or too low or too high. Pros – simplistic requires no tools to do – online BMI calculators easily accessible  Cons – zero indication of body composition, there are outliers – frail older adults/thick-framed muscular but shorter in height will never have “healthy BMI” ranges, not a good indication of overall health   My BMI currently is 22.3 while I’m at the lowest body fat I’ve been. At a lower weight, yet higher percent body fat my BMI is 21.6, falsely giving the impression I was healthier with those numbers. (The calculator is below for you to try. If you’ve lost weight). This measure alone could have you chasing the wrong goal line.    Waist-to-Hip Ratio 12:41 Measures your waist and hip each at the smallest point. As it says, this is a measure of your proportions. You divide your waist measurement by the hip measure. Poor scores are indicative of a greater risk for heart disease. (.8 or lower is desirable for women and above .85 is classified as abdominal obesity by the World Health Organization). Pros – convenient to measure, easy to calculate, tells you not just how much fat but where you carry it  Cons – there’s room for error with the tape measure placement (parallel to the floor, at the right spot, and at the right spot pre and posttest).   Tip: in labs for nearly 18 years, here’s how we did this. When you measure, take the first measures. Then repeat for a total of 3 times. Take the average of your measure to record.  3 Ways to Measure Fat & Body Composition that Require Equipment Underwater Weighing  14:56 Called hydrostatic weight, this was known as the gold standard or one of the most accurate ways to measure body fat until newer more advanced ways were developed. I’ve been in that deep tub numerous times and have tested hundreds if not thousands of students, faculty, and staff this way.  The number of times I’ve shouted, “blow it out, blow it out” to a submerged student.. and lost my voice doing it… brings back memories!    It was never foolproof. You and I don’t like to have any air in our lungs underwater. So, it’s very difficult to get a true measure. With antiquated scales, the needle was bouncing on the scale and you’re trying to read it while someone is wanting desperately to take a breath.    If you ever have a chance to do this, take a pass. It’s based on Archimede’s principle. The amount of liquid a submerged object displaces is equivalent to the volume of the object. We take a measure on land, underwater and we measured with an elaborate calculation, your body density. From that, we calculated body fat. The heavier you are underwater (relatively), the lower your body fat.    Pros – It’s safe, can be used if you have a pacemaker. Can be more accurate than many available methods of measuring  Cons – it’s never going to be accurate if you can’t get the air out of your lungs (you’ll measure more fat than you are)    The range of error was always about 2-3% plus or minus.    Skinfold calipers 19:54 This is known as the “pinch test.” In labs, we’d do this one most commonly. I’ve pinched thousands of skinfolds in my career, and yet few in the last 10 years since I left the university. I no longer teach students to use them, pre and post-test students each semester, or work in the exercise clinic at the university. We also, however, did them selectively for people in fitness centers. If you’re of a certain size we’re simply not going to get an accurate reading. And often if your skin is too taught due to weight and inability to separate fat and muscle when attempting to get a skinfold, your posttest may be bigger than your pre simply because it then becomes easier to get a reading.    Pros - relatively accessible in fitness centers, university settings Cons – it all depends on your administrator’s skill level. It takes about 5000 practices to be an expert in anything. If you have a new trainer testing you, chances are accuracy is lower than the 3-4 percent accuracy possible.    Dexascan (or MRI, CT scan)  22:08 When you get that bone density test, your technician can tell you various tissues including not only bone but muscle and fat. So be sure to ask if you’ve recently had a bone scan, you’ve also had one of the most accurate ways to measure your body fat). Pros – non-invasive, accurate measure existing, you may already have or be in need of a bone scan  Cons- expensive, not something used for the public for body composition testing    Newer & Accessible Ways to Measure Fat & Benchmark   Bioelectrical Impedance (handheld) 23:20 Based on the fact fat is a poor conductor of electricity, and water is a conduit, you store water in muscle, hydration is important to the accuracy of your reading. Handheld tools used in fitness centers are probably less accurate than many methods of testing. That said, there’s more to consider.   Pros – easy, non-invasive (no dunk tank and no bruises from skinfolds) Cons – accuracy is based on hydration, and handheld are less likely to  be as sensitive, error messages are common for large-sized individuals   Smart Scale   25:15 Pros – affordable, convenient, non-invasive, ability to measure and show change over time Cons – dependent on hydration (still bio-electrical impedance), accuracy is lower than other methods    Why are these ways to measure fat so important and beneficial?   Measure Fat to Optimize Habits that Influence Body Composition Your measures all tell you the sum of your daily habits. You know when you measure not if, but how they’re working. You know something isn’t working. You may not know exactly what but you have a measure so that you can look at whether you are: Eating enough high-quality protein  Exercising to keep and gain lean muscle and avoid losing it Sleeping enough  Not allowing catabolic hormones or lack of anabolic to sabotage you For help with all of those, if you have 20 or more pounds to lose, check here. I’ve gathered all the science of fitness and fitness nutrition after menopause for you.     References:  BMI calculator       Waist-to-Hip Ratio tool     WHO’S Waist Circumference and Waist-Hip Ratio paper      Resources:  Debra’s Top 3 Smart Scales (one for every budget) Join the Flipping 50 Insiders group   Other Posts You Might Like:   Fat Loss in Menopause: It’s Not What You Think #515 The Cardio for Fat Loss Myth and Other Menopause Fairytales     

When you’ve got goals, and they include losing fat after 50, it can be tricky to navigate and determine what’s going wrong. With hormone fluctuations, you can see the scale go up by 5 lbs in a day. Look, that’s not fat. It’s water weight.    Likewise, don’t get all excited (but we do) when you lose the 5 lbs of water weight.    It wasn’t fat gain and it’s not fat loss.    I’m answering a listener question today, from one of our program participants. It’s all about losing fat after 50. Whether you’re in a Flipping 50 program or not, it can happen to you.    “I lost 10 lbs and 4 inches in the first 12-week program but now I’m stalled. What can I do?”   If you lose weight without monitoring body composition, you can easily have a false sense of success. You may be surprised to know you could be a smaller size at a higher weight and enjoy eating and energy better than trying to starve or exercise your weight to something you can’t sustain and that causes a loss of muscle.   Seriously, losing muscle after 50 is a huge loss.  It’s like the stock market crashing.    But the good news, unlike the stock market, is you’re in control.   These things will cause muscle losses:  No weight training  Not lifting weights to muscular fatigue. Eating inadequate protein needed increases if you’re reducing calories in an attempt to lose weight.  Failure to plan your meals and exercise nutrition. (blood sugar and corresponding insulin spikes increase fat storage and squash any other thing you might be doing to increase it) Long endurance training. (moving? Yes. Walking and hiking and golfing? Yes? But not necessarily long runs that will increase cravings for foods that will spike blood sugar). The 12-week STRONGER program is currently closed. It will open again in March. Currently though if you have 20 or more pounds to lose, the Fit U program is a good fit (pun intended) for you. This program is designed for losing weight after 50. I’ve rounded up all the science on exercise, nutrition, and mindset to help you and tucked it into one program.  This month too, I’m sharing a masterclass (we do them monthly, and if you’re receiving our emails, you’re aware of them already. Join us here.   Those replays are only sent to those who register. So, keep an eye on your email and our social media to be aware of the topic each month related to menopause, or losing fat in menopause.  Resources Mentioned in this episode:  Flipping 50 Insiders  Facebook Group      Fit U                 

Better sex after 50? Yes please! Listen, this episode is all about improving and maintaining sexual health & intimacy at every age. It’s just in time for Valentine’s Day. If you could only have been in the green room before we clicked “record.” Or maybe it was after. I don’t know. I do know I was blushing.  You’ve heard of dry January… too often I hear it’s still dry in February. Quote unquote, “My husband and I used to be hot, and now the libido needle is bouncing on zero.”  I’ve shared my sister-in-law's story? “Sex is overrated,” she says to me. “Honey, I said you’ve got the wrong partner”.... but then I couldn’t very well say that could I? I did give her a little something from Dr. Anna you’ll hear about in the episode.  My Guest:  Anna Cabeca, DO, OBGYN, FACOG, is best selling author of The Hormone Fix and Keto-Green 16. Dr. Anna is triple-board certified and a fellow of gynecology and obstetrics, integrative medicine, and anti-aging and regenerative medicine. She holds special certifications in functional medicine, sexual health, and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. She lectures frequently on these topics throughout the world to large audiences and is known nationally as The Girlfriend Doctor and is the host of The Girlfriend Doctor show. She has personally developed natural products to help women balance hormones and thrive thru menopause including the highly acclaimed Julva® cream for the vulva and MightyMaca® Plus, a powerful superfood blend. She now lives in Dallas with her daughters, horses, and dogs. Questions we answer in this episode: What’s the reason? What’s the solution?  Lifestyle changes that can help? Lifestyle changes that hurt?  What causes vaginal dryness?  Is it related to menopause and unique to anyone woman?  Is there truth to orgasm being good for longevity or anti-aging?  What can you do naturally without a prescription to improve your vagina health? Sponsor: Fit U The dynamic romantic duo:   Mighty Maca Plus  Julva  Connect:  Website She’s social:  Instagram

Fat burning & weight loss are hot topics uniquely, and together during menopause. Since for decades the dogma has been your metabolism slows as you get older (proven not until about 60 very recently) and that menopause hormone changes make weight gain more likely it’s easy to believe there may not be much a girl can do.    Not so fast. Look, the research I’ve shared for nearly a decade, and studies both older and newer show lifestyle habits – epigenetics has a much greater influence on your fat-burning & weight loss than does anything else.    The trick? Identifying not what you thought once supports fat burning & weight loss, but what really does for you now in menopause. So, let’s break this down.   Blood Sugar and Fat Burning   Insulin causes the liver, or muscles, to remove sugar out of the bloodstream and store it in the form of glycogen. It releases a small amount regularly for all the organs that function continuously (heart, brain, nerves).    Hormones like stress hormones (cortisol and epinephrine/adrenalin), sex hormones, growth hormones, and glucagon – can cause the liver to secrete glycogen back into the bloodstream.   Epinephrine and cortisol are released when your body needs a sudden influx of sugar for energy. (For example, exercise or need to sprint to avoid harm or spare someone else from harm).    As blood sugar goes up, unless you’re insulin resistant, (which often can happen to women in midlife) the increases are mild and short because insulin is released to bring it down. If you however are more insulin resistant (it takes more and more insulin to bring blood sugar down), your body is more frequently in a fat-storage state than a fat-burning state.        Blood Sugar and Fat Storage    Stress Any form of stress, including thinking about a stressful situation, physical stress, will increase glycogen, and therefore insulin. Learning to deal with the emotional stressors so you’re less negatively affected, can decrease fat storage.    Sleep Sleep deprivation and or poor-quality sleep, even being off your optimal schedule (going to bed later than usual) can increase physical stress and the stress hormones. The day after having to rise at 3 am for an airport run for a houseguest, my blood sugar levels were all higher throughout the day.    I attempted to keep the rest of my day low stress by observing the best hydration, regularly timed meals high in protein and fiber, and connecting by phone with family.    Exercise  When you’re going to do a workout, as long as you’re not overtrained and you’re allowing yourself adequate recovery, your muscles will release glycogen for energy. This is when you’re able to burn fat rather than store it. The glycogen and cortisol (responding to physical stress) both increase available energy to do the physical workout.   ** It’s important to consume adequate high-quality protein during training, to be sure that carbohydrates then fuel the muscle with exercise and aren’t stored as fat.    Food  Different foods and at different times of the day or in different sequences will have various effects uniquely on you. While it makes sense that a piece of chocolate cake in the middle of the afternoon is going to spike blood sugar more than if enjoyed after a meal with protein, fat, and fiber, it may surprise you that beef stew for dinner could spike blood sugar (happened to me).  In those situations, you have to look at whether it is an ingredient in the food, or if it’s one of the other influences from above.    For example, the same morning coffee drink in the morning when you get up at 3 am to take someone to the airport, could spike your blood sugar dramatically different than having it at your usual wake up of 5 am (also happened to me)!   The Fat Burning & Weight Loss Bottomline on Blood Sugar   Blood sugar is no B.S. (I couldn’t resist). Now that Continuous Glucose Monitors are easily accessible, and you can see immediate results of your lifestyle habits and nutrition, you may be able to experience much greater ease losing weight.   Want to try the one I’m using? You’ll save $25 on your first month with my link. CLICK HERE     When you know how your habits, which might include:   Going to bed late Drinking coffee until noon Exercise in a fasted state Eating a high carb breakfast  Having coffee mid-afternoon Drinking wine before dinner Doing yoga Exercise inside vs outside HIIT late in the day (I hope not after all I’ve shared about it)    …Or anything else that is your normal. You may be puzzled because you were doing the same habits before menopause, but now can’t figure out why you’ve gained and can’t lose weight. This will tell you why.    In Menopause & Beyond Your body isn’t processing sugars the way it did with another hormone profile. Before (or instead of) hot flashes and night sweats, low libido, this insulin resistance is often the first sign for women that are in perimenopause.    For others though, they don’t notice until after menopause. It may be that the muscle losses have caught up with them.   The continuous glucose monitor is an awesome help in detective work. Then you use the clues, make the changes and pair them with the highest quality exercise and nutrition for your needs. That’s when both the weight management and longevity magic begin.     Other Episodes You Might Like:  BGM podcast  Stress, Menopause, and Pre-Diabetes? Way Beyond Your Belly Fat     Resources Mentioned in this show: Fit U  February 2022 Special! (at 50% off during Feb 2022 PLUS bonus Metabolism Makeover course value $699)     NutriSense BGM $25 off first month   Flipping 50 Insiders Facebook group   

# Tips for Brain Health to Start Today We all worry about keeping cognitively sharp until the end - and dementia, Alzheimer’s, and other neurodegenerative conditions are at all-time highs!! Let’s explore how the stress, restrictions, and general behavior changes of the last almost 2 years have affected brain health. My Guest:  Teri Jaklin is a licensed naturopathic doctor and certified functional medicine practitioner in private practice for over 20 years. Prior to becoming an ND, she spent 10+ years in the frantic world of corporate public relations where she learned first-hand what 70 career hours per week can do to you and your health. On top of that, she has lived for the last 36 years with her own diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Now, Teri is committed to bringing the new brain science together with natural medicine and unprecedented support to change the way her patients experience MS and live an amazing life beyond the diagnosis. Teri is an enthusiastic student of the healing power of nature, and a person’s ability to access their own health potential and shares this regularly in her lectures and public speaking. Over the last 2 years, Teri has moved her practice online and developed a unique program called Transform MS to help people with MS stop their symptoms and feel in control again.    Some Questions you might want to ask: (you can ask me anything you want Debra!    What are some key things that we need to know about our brains?    How has brain health been potentially impacted by the recent past the pandemic, quarantines, isolation?   What can listeners do to invest in a healthy brain for life?   Listeners may struggle with brain fog, lack of focus and concentration due to menopause, how are the things we’re discussing today related to solving those kinds of issues?    What about so-called brain health exercises?    Are there foods or supplements you recommend?  Exercise is the most important supplement for your brain. -Teri Jaklin   3 Basic Brain Supplements:  Omega 3  Probiotic 50-60 billion or higher if issues  Vitamin D Mentioned in this Episode: Rada Agrawal, founder of Daybreaker (you want to know her!) Social Links:  https://www.terijaklin.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheMSPath Instagram: Instagram/dr.teri_jaklin_nd

A Conversation with the Thyroid Fixer Wish you had a thyroid fixer who could sweep in and shed insight on why you don’t feel good even though you continue to test normal? Or why are you exercising, eating right, and still not losing weight?  Want to know the real reason why your doctor won’t order the tests you ask for? Don’t miss this episode.  Sound familiar? If you know you need to exercise but need to back off and boost energy first, this 5-day start or restart will help.  “You do not have to gain weight just because you’re going into menopause.”   My Guest:  Dr. Amie Hornaman, a.k.a The Thyroid-Fixer, is a woman on a mission to optimize thyroid patients around the world and give them their lives back using her proprietary transformational program: The FIX Method. She is also the founder of the Institute for Thyroid and Hormone Optimization.  After her own experience of insufferable symptoms, misdiagnoses, and improper treatment, Dr. Amie set out to help others who she KNEW were going through the same set of frustrations and who were on the same medical roller coaster.  She grabs your hand, gives you answers about your health that no one has told you, and gives you the actual tools and personalized treatment to fix you. What makes her program unique is the extra support and accessibility that you can’t find anywhere else. That’s the transformational journey. With a focus on optimizing thyroid and hormone function, and thus optimizing her patients, Dr. Amie looks at you as a unique individual and not JUST a lab value. She examines all factors that tie into thyroid dysfunction and thyroid symptoms and FIXES you to give you your life back.  Questions we answer in this episode:  What thyroid labs should you get? How is weight loss tied to the thyroid? Why diagnosing/treating thyroid patients on TSH alone is a disservice? What does it mean to be OPTIMAL and not just “normal? How do environmental toxins play a role in thyroid optimization? Connect with Dr. Amie: The Thyroid Fixer Podcast Social Media: Facebook Instagram Promotions: Seeing this in Feb 2022? Fit-U is 50% off PLUS a BONUS Metabolism Makeover course added automatically to your purchase.